Sestertius Posthumous Issue Faustina I the Elder 141-161 AD ROMAN EMPIRE (424F)

Description: Sestertius of Faustina Major struck under Antoninus Pius at the Rome mint 146-161 AD .Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder (100-140 AD) was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign.Faustina died near Rome in 140, perhaps at Antoninus Pius's estate at Lorium. Antoninus was devastated at Faustina's death and took several steps to honor her memory. Antoninus also ordered various coins with her portrait struck, inscribed DIVA FAVSTINA ("Divine Faustina") and elaborately decorated. Ten years after Faustina's death, a new commemorative coinage was introduced, featuring the legend Aeternitas ('eternity'); such coins may have been introduced to be distributed at a public ceremony in her memory.In ancient Roman religion, Aeternitas was the divine personification of eternity. She was particularly associated with Imperial cult as a virtue of the deified emperor (divus). The religious maintenance of abstract deities such as Aeternitas was characteristic of official Roman cult from the time of the Julio-Claudians to the Severans.The sestertius was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large bronze coin.OBVERSE: Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.Lettering: DIVA FAVSTINATranslation: Diva Faustina. The divine Faustina [the Elder].REVERSE: Eternity, veiled, draped, standing front, head left, raising right hand and holding transverse sceptre in left; S-C left and right, in field.Lettering: AETER NITAS S CLatin: Aeternitas. Senatus Consultum.Translation: Eternity. Decree of the senate.Latin: With permission of the Senate. Often abbreviated S C on Roman coins.EDGE: HammeredMint: Rome mint - CERES / S-C. Ceres 141-146 ADCountry Roman Empire (Rome) Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)Issuer struck under Antoninus PiusType Standard circulation coinYears 141-161 AD (third issue)Denomination SestertiusComposition BronzeWeight 12.8 gDiameter 25 mmShape Round References RIC III 1161 (Pius); BMCRE 1558https://www.ancientcointraders.com/roman-faustina-elder-sestertius-ceres-posthumous-issue-p-336.html#:~:text=This%20sestertius%20was%20part%20of,the%20end%20of%20that%20reign.https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-an-enigmatic-middle-bronze-of-faustina-the-elder.391910/

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